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SG Bamboo posted:The show was loving sick but the biggest part of it was definitely Miyu Yamashita, she should be on the next cover Agreed, but also: GEORGE W BUSHI posted:I assume if any of the photographers managed a half decent shot of Mutoh doing the moonsault, it'll be that tbh Yeah it'll probably be that.
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Shingo telling Ospreay to use him having the title now as motivation to come back.
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Jun 7, 2021 13:09
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They cleared the crowd out fast. It takes loving forever in Tokyo.
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:They cleared the crowd out fast. It takes loving forever in Tokyo. Any info on tickets sold? What are the current restrictions?
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Jun 7, 2021 13:11
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Turns out that pro wrestling is good, who could have thought it?
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a cyborg mug posted:Any info on tickets sold? What are the current restrictions? 3045 out of a maximum 5000
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Jun 7, 2021 13:12
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:3045 out of a maximum 5000 That’s really bad
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Cerebral Bore posted:Turns out that pro wrestling is good, who could have thought it? Man between CyberFight and Dominion, this was a great loving weekend for Puro.
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Jun 7, 2021 13:14
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"Rocky you can go to bed" 
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a cyborg mug posted:That’s really bad It's a Monday night in a state of emergency, I wouldn't read too much into it. (that won't stop me from pushing the Mutoh agenda)
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Man, that main event's still got me all jazzed. Say what you want about New Japan and the booking flaws and poo poo, but there's absolutely nobody on the planet that does a big fight match better.
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Cerebral Bore posted:Man, that main event's still got me all jazzed. Say what you want about New Japan and the booking flaws and poo poo, but there's absolutely nobody on the planet that does a big fight match better. That's it, I'm real down on New Japan right now and then I open my spreadsheet and 6 of my top 10 matches of the year have been from Nooj. Probably 7 now. It's strange.
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Well, we're back to a point where I like all four of the big champions in the four Japanese companies I follow closely. Cool stuff.
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Hey guys, remember when Shingo Takagi won the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship? Good loving times, man those were the days 
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Jerusalem posted:Hey guys, remember when Shingo Takagi won the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship? Good loving times, man those were the days
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NJPW has balls the size of watermelons I hope this works, Takagi is a ludicrously talented guy.
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Lid posted:and Rocky Romero sounds like hes doing Directors Commentary at gunpoint just started the show now. i read this comment right as rocky said "i don't wanna remember that" and it got a gigantic lol out of me
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Cerebral Bore posted:Oh no, ELP stealing all of Rarity's gimmicks. He's eating microwave burgers?
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Rarity posted:He's eating microwave burgers? I'm pretty sure that somewhere in the world ELP is scarfing down the greasiest microwave burg you can imagine.
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HOLY poo poo SHINGO FUCKIN DID IT
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Cerebral Bore posted:I'm pretty sure that somewhere in the world ELP is scarfing down the greasiest microwave burg you can imagine. This hurts 
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The IWGP world title remained in the background of the shot, only disappearing from view after Red Shoes registered the three, when the cameraman moved in such a way that the title “passed through” Shingo, the new champion. How come every wrestling promotion can’t have camera work that good.
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Rarity posted:HOLY poo poo SHINGO FUCKIN DID IT I just finished watching and holy poo poo yes! I was 100% sure Okada would win but they'd make me believe Shingo had a chance, but he had a chance after all! I didn't jump out of my chair because there's a cat on my lap, but I came pretty close! Bring on Ibushi and Cobb!
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Jun 7, 2021 21:29
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The Cameo posted:That meme of the guy standing in the corner except it’s SANADA going “they don’t know I’m incredibly handsome” Everyone looking weirdly at Sanada because he wasn't thinking and just said it out loud at full volume.
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The Chris Charlton "Fat Worm Blows A Sparky" joke was intended for an audience of one person and that one person is me.
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Probably my favorite top to bottom show from New Japan this year. Also the feuds set up are also some of the more interesting New Japan has had all year too (Tekkers/LiJ, Ishimori/Despy, Shingo/Murder Ibushi). Company still has issues and needs to cut down on Korakuen shows but I'm more positive about the direction going forward after this show
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Jun 7, 2021 22:03
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I'm glad Shingo won, but I'm...very very surprised at how the main thing I felt after that match was "That's it?  "
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I kinda get that, but I really liked the change from the usual finisher spam. They knew it wasn't the expected result so it was genuinely surprising.
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The nearfall spam is what makes me feel like I didn't get shortchanged by the 15-20 minutes of set-up, though.  If they were gonna go for the sudden finish I sorta wish they'd gone Jay/Okada WK13 with it and Shingo just loving nails him with the LotD out of nowhere after like 13 minutes.
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Before and after the match there were a lot of nice tweets from Dragongate guys like this from K Ness https://twitter.com/kness0416/status/1401880697342611456?s=19 He says it's the first time he's ever clapped in front of the TV. Or DG ref with great picture choice. https://twitter.com/Mr__Nakagawa/status/1401933751328800768?s=19
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MJeff posted:The nearfall spam is what makes me feel like I didn't get shortchanged by the 15-20 minutes of set-up, though. Shingo hitting the Stay Dream and an absolute motherfucker of a Sliding D to the side of the head was more than enough to make the pinfall feel deserved, I'm glad it didn't go on longer than that. It was a really good match layout. And I disagree with the second point wholeheartedly, this was really not the time to get weird with the main event. Look at the outpouring of positive reaction for just a great title match with no bullshit, the right participants, and a good outcome.
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Shingo is literally The Dragon, and The Dragon needs no finisher spam, he will just murder you with raw power 
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That was awesome. I realized this week that I’d seen Shingo at one of those old ROH shows so I'm double pleased.
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